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WNCC UMC
Attn: Chris Hampton
P.O. Box 2757
Hunertsville, NC 28070
Attn: Chris Hampton
P.O. Box 2757
Hunertsville, NC 28070
Annual Conference 2019
Annual Conference 2020 Dates Announced:
Thursday June 18 - Sunday June 21
at Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center
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Recognition of Anniversary Churches
2/15/2021As has been the practice for some years, the WNC Conference Commission on Archives and History will recognize all churches celebrating their 100th, 150th, and 200th anniversaries in 2021. If your congregation is celebrating one of these anniversaries this year, please contact Jim Pyatt, Archivist, at jpyatt@wnccumc.org by April 1, so that your church will be included in this year’s recognitions.

AC2019 Report
7/4/2019 Resident Bishop Paul L. Leeland presided over the Western North Carolina Annual Conference, June 20-23 at Lake Junaluska. The Conference theme was Trust and Obey. For this quadrennium, Bishop Leeland designed the themes around the four parts of the Great Commission found in Matthew 28:19-20, “Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything that I’ve commanded you. Look, I myself ...

A Word About Justice and Reconciliation
7/3/2019What can it look like for the Western North Carolina Conference? Please watch this video, and we will see what can happen when we pray, “Your Kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

AC2019 Daily Digest - Sunday, June 23
6/26/2019AC2019 Daily Digest - Sunday, June 23 Sixty-five Pastors Celebrated in Ordering of Ministry Service A group greatly diverse in age, gender and ethnicity were honored by family and friends and celebrated in their ministry in the Western North Carolina Conference Saturday night at Stuart Auditorium. Denman Awards Recognize Evangelism in Clergy, Laity and Youth The Harry Denman Evangelism Award program honors United Methodists in each annual ...

AC2019 Daily Digest - Saturday, June 22
6/26/2019AC2019 Daily Digest - Saturday, June 22 Delegate Election Updates The Western North Carolina Conference Delegation for the 2020 General and Jurisdictional Conferences has been elected. Petitions Update The Annual Conference discussed and approved six petitions during the session on Saturday afternoon. The United Methodist Foundation Annual Meeting “We envision a church where people live out their God-given ...

AC2019 Daily Digest - Friday, June 21
6/26/2019AC2019 Daily Digest - Friday, June 21 Delegate Election Updates The Clergy delegation for General and Jurisdictional Conference was completed today and the Laity elected their General Conference delegation of 10. Voting will resume tomorrow for Laity delegates to Jurisdictional Conference. Opening Worship: The Long View Opening Worship at Annual Conference was held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 21 in Stuart Auditorium. Bishop Saenz of the Great ...

AC2019 Daily Digest - Thursday, June 20
6/26/2019AC2019 Daily Digest - Thursday, June 20 Delegate Election Updates The Western North Carolina GC2020 clergy delegation was elected in Clergy Session today: Kim Ingram, Amy Coles, Jeremy Troxler, James Howell, In-Yong Lee, Ashley Crowder Stanley, Shelly Webb, Carter Ellis, Darryl Dayson and Josh Sherfey. A Look Behind the Scenes of AC2019 Worship Have you ever wondered how the worship services at Annual Conference are planned and ...

AC2019 Lost & Found
6/24/2019Did you lose something while at Lake Junaluska for Annual Conference? There are two ways to try to recover your lost item(s)! Contact Marsha Patton at the WNCC Office by email or at 704-535-2260 x122. Submit a "lost item" report to Lake Junaluska at this link. We'll do our best to help reconnect you and your missing item!

Sixty-five Pastors Celebrated in Ordering of Ministry Service
6/23/2019A group greatly diverse in age, gender and ethnicity were honored by family and friends and celebrated in their ministry in the Western North Carolina Conference Saturday night at Stuart Auditorium. Fifteen Elders and one Deacon were ordained, nine were commissioned as Provisional Members, and 40 were licensed as Local Pastors in the tradition-laden Ordering of Ministry service. See the full photo archive. All were asked the questions of the General Examination of their beliefs and call ...